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Women's college athletics · NIL · Community impact For corporate sponsors of women's sports

Close the gap. Great athletes are everywhere. Great resources aren't.

One $10,000 sponsorship does two things at once. It pays women's college athletes for a real NIL appearance, and it puts an entire Title I high school on mental strength training for 12 months.

$10,000 one sponsorship $5,000 to athletes (NIL) 1 Title I school 12 months
How it's funded

One sponsor = one school.

Your sponsorship splits in two. Both halves are real, both are measurable, and both carry your name.

Half one · NIL activation $5,000

Pays women's college athletes

Two to three athletes from the partner program take part in a live, public mental fitness event: athlete panels, signed autographs and promotion. A real appearance, paid at market rate.

Half two · Community impact $5,000

Funds one Title I high school

Its athletic department, every team and its students get the Mental Edge Academy mental strength training system for 12 months.

If ten sponsors joinThe result
NIL paid to women's college athletes$50,000
Title I high schools funded for 12 months10 schools
Cost to the college program or the schools$0
Why this matters

We taught a generation to name what is wrong. We never trained what is strong.

Twenty-five years of awareness built the most-resourced mental health defense in history. It mattered and it saved lives. It was also half the game. Awareness plays defense. Strength plays offense. And girls are carrying the most.

53%of teen girls report persistent sadness or hopelessnessCDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2023
1 in 5high schoolers seriously considered attempting suicideCDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2023
94%of women in C-suite leadership are former athletesEY / espnW
+24%mental strength after 30 days of daily trainingMental Edge Academy program data

Sports are the most powerful sandbox for change. The women's program decides what gets trained in it.

What you're sponsoring

Close the Gap: a three-hour virtual symposium, free for every family.

Built with a women's college program (basketball, softball or volleyball) for middle and high school athletes in that sport and their families. We promote it, staff it and run it end to end.

Session 01

Mental Fitness Is Fitness

The mind can be practiced, trained and scored, exactly like the body.

Session 02

Your Brain Can Be Rebuilt

Neuroplasticity made simple: why mental fitness training rewires the brain at any age.

Session 03

The Focus Filter

Program what your brain notices: confidence and opportunity, not doubt.

Session 04

Tools You Can Use Tonight

Breathing, visualization, mental reps and routines that work immediately.

Live athlete panels

Inside the Moments That Test You

Two to three college athletes on where nerves hit, what pressure feels like and the tools they use.

Session 06

The Five Superpowers of Happiness

Gratitude, aspiration, mission, hope and resilience, trainable for every athlete and parent.

Everyone leaves with

A Daily Mental Workout

A personal 30-day plan. The first rep happens before the event ends.

Every family receives

A Signed Autograph

From the program's athletes, mailed to every family that attends.

See what athletes get

Tap through it. This is the training.

Every athlete at the Title I school you fund gets the Mental Edge Academy for 12 months. Every family at the symposium leaves with a 30-day daily workout built on the same training. Here's what it looks like on her phone.

Mental EdgeMaya · 10th grade · Basketball
Day 12 of 30 · Active Brain Management

Today's workout

  1. ResetBox breathing: in 4, hold 4, out 4, hold 4.
  2. Focus filterName three things you control in today's practice.
  3. Mental repSee the free throw before you shoot it. Feel the release, hear the net.
  4. Lock it inSay your identity line: "I'm the one who wants the ball late."

Interactive demo with a sample athlete and sample scores. Screens are simplified from the Mental Edge Academy app.

What your company gets

Your name on something worth being known for.

Presenting recognition

Your company presents the symposium in the promotion, the registration and the live event.

Alignment with a women's program

Stand next to college athletes in front of the families in their sport.

A school with your name on it

One Title I high school funded for 12 months, credited to your sponsorship.

A measurable impact report

Schools reached, athletes trained, usage and stories you can share with your team and customers.

Built to stand up to review

How it fits NIL.

This is a sponsor-funded appearance with a real business purpose, not a donation routed to athletes. Every sponsorship is subject to university policy, NIL rules and compliance review.

Valid business purpose

A real public event

A live symposium with clear community value, presented by your company.

Real activation

The work is the deliverable

Panels, autographs and promotion are what the athletes are paid for.

Market-based pay

Set with the program

In line with comparable appearances. Documented for compliance reporting.

Partner-aware

No category conflicts

We match sponsor categories to the program's official athletics partners before anything is announced.

Your commitment

Close the gap.

You're committing to one $10,000 Close the Gap sponsorship. This is not a payment. It reserves your spot while we confirm the program match and compliance review. An official invoice and agreement follow.

No payment is charged now. Prefer to talk first? Email eric@aea-neuro-fitness-academy.com.

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$10,000NIL for athletes · One Title I school · 12 months
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